Ed de la Vega, DDS
1,328 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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THE TALE OF US OLYMPIAN BOXER CARLOS BALDERAS
Some time ago a cute 12 year old boy was brought to my offices to be fitted with a mouthguard. His Dad wants to train him to be a boxer. I vividly…
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WHEN OFFICIALS MAKE MISTAKES, BOXERS SUFFER (VIDEOS)
PHOTO AND VIDEO BY JHAY OTAMIAS. Something sad and controversial happened last night during the main event of the fight card dubbed as Valley Fight Nights promoted by Bash Boxing, Top Rank…
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FELIX JR EXCAPES WITH A SPLIT DECISION WIN OVER SISMUNDO (COMPLETE RESULTS AND PHOTOS)
Sismundo (L) attacks Felix Jr. In the Top Rank promoted event at the Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California Saturday night televised on Unimas TV, Jose Felix Jr (33-1-1 25KO) of Los…
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BARRERA STOPS MURAT IN GLENDALE, CA (PHOTOS)
GLENDALE, CA -- Top Rank ands its associated sponsors, held a fight card Saturday night at the Civic Auditorium of this beautiful city just north of Los Angeles. HBO Latino carried it…
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POST FIGHT NOTES FROM THE MANDALAY BAY
LAS VEGAS -- The Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto was what Golden Boy and Roc Nation said it will be an exciting fight that is worth the money fans will pay to see it.…
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DRIAN FRANCISCO AND THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
LAS VEGAS ? Drian Francisco was once a fighter on the ?watch? list of many boxing fans particularly those from Mindoro and Batangas. He was a late-bloomer, but was fun to watch…
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WEIGHTS FROM THE MANDALAY BAY, LAS VEGAS (PHOTOS / VIDEO)
LAS VEGAS -- The official weigh in for the fighters featured in tomorrow?s fight card promoted by Roc Nation and Golden Boy Promotions and shown live on PPV via HBO was done…
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HOLLY HOLM KO?S RONDA ROUSEY
They say all good things must come to an end. For UFC Champion Ronda Rousey who blew off most of her opponents in under two rounds, oftentimes in under one, the end…
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BRADLEY KO?S AN OUT OF SHAPE RIOS
Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas:- Nobody, even Tim Bradley or his new trainer Ted Atlas I would surmise, expected the ending of the much bally-hood Bradley vs Rios title fight for…
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BRADLEY KNOCKS OUT RIOS IN 9TH
LAS VEGAS -- 'Desert Storm' Timothy Bradley landed at Brandon 'Bambam' Rios all night by using his superior speed before knocking down Rios twice in the ninth round with body shots and…
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LOMACHENKO STOPS KOASICHA IN 10
LAS VEGAS -- In the main supporting bout of the Bradley-Rios WBO world welterweight title fight at the Thomas & Mack Center here Saturday night, Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1-0, 3KO) of Ukraine dominated…
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MURATA OUTPOINTS JACKSON, STAYS UNDEFEATED
Japanese Olympic gold medalist Ryota Murata (L) improves to 8-0-0, 5K0 after he won via unanimous decision over Gunnar Jackson (21-6-3, 8KO) of New Zealand on the undercard of Bradley-Rios WBO world…
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EARLY RESULTS FROM LAS VEGAS: MARRIAGA, REED, KAVALIAUSKAS WIN
LAS VEGAS -- Below are the early results on the undercard of the Timothy Bradley vs Brandon Rios WBO welterweight championship at the Thomas & Mack Center Saturday. In the 3rd fight…
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BRADLEY EASILY MAKES WEIGHT, RIOS DOES NOT (PHOTOS / VIDEO)
Wynn?s Casino Resort, Las Vegas, NV -- For all what Brandon Rios has been saying in the past weeks regarding the importance of his fight against Tim Bradley tomorrow at the Thomas…
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WEIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS: BRADLEY – 146 LBS., RIOS – 147.2 LBS.
LAS VEGAS -- WBO interim welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (32-1-1, 12KO) of Palm Springs, CA stepped the scales at 146 lbs while his opponent Brandon Rios (33-2-1, 24KO) of Oxnard, CA needs…
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WHAT ARE RATINGS FOR?
The different boxing organizations that provide the ?belt? at stake in title fights created the 1 to 10 rating to rank the various fighters behind a current champion. Although not all of…
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ARUM PULLING THE ?MARGARITO TRICK? ON PACQUIAO?
Right after Terrence Crawford defeated the overmatched Dierry Jean of Montreal, Canada a few days ago at Omaha, Nebraska, Crawford was asked about a possible match up with the Filipino spitfire Manny…
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WILL CRAWFORD BE NEXT FOR PACQUIAO? WHAT SELECT FOLKS SAY ABOUT IT
As I watched Terrence Crawford toy with an overmatched Montreal resident Dierry Jean Saturday night, I can not help but think about what Top Rank?s head honcho, Bob Arum said he might…
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GGG ENCROACHING ON THE MAYWEATHER BRAND?
Now that the self-proclaimed TBE has ?retired? (or so he says), another fighter with a huge potential to be a crossover star has emerged. And, he maybe poised to surpass Floyd Mayweather…
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BERNARD QUIRINO – THE EMBODIMENT OF A TRUE PINOY BOXING FAN
The recently concluded PinoyPride33, a promotion of the famed ALA Boxing International in cooperation with the giant Philippine TV group, ABS-CBN and The Filipino Channel (TFC) held at the iconic StubHub Center…
